- Second-overall pick Gabriel Landeskog has already worked
his way up to the Avalanche’s first line alongside Paul Stastny and David
Jones.I would think Landeskog would be
a better fit with Matt Duchene and Milan Hejduk, but he should have a great
chance to pile up some points either way.

- Leading up to the 2011 Draft and even after it the consensus
was that seventh-overall pick Mark Scheifele was a few years away from playing
in the NHL.But Scheifele has been a
revelation this fall and has probably been the biggest surprise of the
preseason.Winnipeg hasn’t made any
decisions yet, but Scheifele
might stick around.

- Wayne Simmondsavoided
punishment for the incident in Monday night’s game when he allegedly
uttered a homophobic slur at Sean Avery.The NY Post’s Larry Brooks weighs
in on that and says the NHL failed to “do its duty.”